TV
Tom Van Baak
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 5:02 AM
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because
that means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially
the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say
thank you to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get
comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR,
its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the
community that evolved around the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an
adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest
dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest
in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a
passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But
no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and
rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom
are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd
like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K
(2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter
(2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004,
2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook
(2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone,
Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was
altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years.
Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K
Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to
be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and
a happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
[1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because
that means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially
the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say
*thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get
comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR,
its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the
community that evolved around the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an
adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest
dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest
in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a
passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But
no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and
rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom
are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd
like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K
(2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter
(2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004,
2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook
(2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone,
Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was
altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years.
Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K
Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to
be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and
a happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
[1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
BA
Bob Albert
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 5:50 AM
Great job Tom! It's an important service you have here and for me at least, an irreplaceable resource. I have learned more than I thought possible and a good part of the blame rests on your shoulders.
Keep up the great work, and happy new year!
Bob K6DDX
On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 09:15:36 PM PST, Tom Van Baak tvb@leapsecond.com wrote:
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because
that means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially
the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say
thank you to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get
comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR,
its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the
community that evolved around the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an
adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest
dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest
in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a
passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But
no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and
rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom
are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd
like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K
(2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter
(2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004,
2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook
(2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone,
Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was
altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years.
Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K
Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to
be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and
a happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
[1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
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Great job Tom! It's an important service you have here and for me at least, an irreplaceable resource. I have learned more than I thought possible and a good part of the blame rests on your shoulders.
Keep up the great work, and happy new year!
Bob K6DDX
On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 09:15:36 PM PST, Tom Van Baak <tvb@leapsecond.com> wrote:
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because
that means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially
the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say
*thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get
comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR,
its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the
community that evolved around the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an
adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest
dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest
in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a
passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But
no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and
rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom
are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd
like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K
(2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter
(2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004,
2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook
(2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone,
Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was
altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years.
Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K
Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to
be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and
a happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
[1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
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Steve - Home
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 6:16 AM
Happy New Year to all the time nuts, and a big THANK YOU to you, Tom, for making the list available to all of us, from newbies to the top tier in time and frequency experts around the world!
Steve
On Dec 31, 2020, at 11:15 PM, Tom Van Baak tvb@leapsecond.com wrote:
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say thank you to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
[1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
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Happy New Year to all the time nuts, and a big THANK YOU to you, Tom, for making the list available to all of us, from newbies to the top tier in time and frequency experts around the world!
Steve
> On Dec 31, 2020, at 11:15 PM, Tom Van Baak <tvb@leapsecond.com> wrote:
>
> Hello time nuts,
>
> Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore.
>
> One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list.
>
> On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
>
> Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
>
> When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
>
> Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us.
>
> /tvb
>
> [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
>
> [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
>
>
>
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Wes
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 6:29 AM
Congratulations Tom! Happy, prosperous and healthy New Year to you and all of
the other nuts.
Wes Stewart, N7WS
On 12/31/2020 10:02 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that
means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the
20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say thank you
to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the
time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast
archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around
the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective,
or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think
any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks,
electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the
frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an
incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list
started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850
members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to
mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000),
wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit
(2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009),
instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of
other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C,
GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com.
It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started
leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If
the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a
happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
[1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
Congratulations Tom! Happy, prosperous and healthy New Year to you and all of
the other nuts.
Wes Stewart, N7WS
On 12/31/2020 10:02 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
> Hello time nuts,
>
> Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that
> means it's not 2020 anymore.
>
> One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the
> 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you*
> to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the
> time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast
> archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around
> the list.
>
> On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective,
> or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think
> any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks,
> electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the
> frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an
> incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list
> started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850
> members. [1]
>
> Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to
> mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000),
> wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit
> (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009),
> instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of
> other web sites and mailing lists.
>
> When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C,
> GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com.
> It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started
> leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If
> the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
>
> Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a
> happy new year to all of us.
>
> /tvb
>
> [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
>
> [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
HB
Hugh Blemings
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 7:27 AM
Hi Tom, All,
Thank you for sharing such a great remembrance!
At about five years subscribed I'm a newcomer and certainly at early
stages of my time-nuttery journey, but none the less time-nuts remains
my favourite 'net mailing list for all the reasons you outline - the
exceptionally high SNR, fascinating discourse and just plain lovely
bunch of folk that are involved.
Thank you to Tom and all who keep it ticking over and to all that
contribute to the discussions.
The very best for 2021 and beyond
vy 73
Hugh
VK3YYZ/AD5RV
On 1/1/21 4:02 pm, Tom Van Baak wrote:
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because
that means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now
officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a
note to say thank you to everyone for making it so amazing over the
years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth,
its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and
especially, the community that evolved around the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an
adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest
dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early
interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might
be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would
fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep,
interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6
people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd
like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate
Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter
(2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004,
2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook
(2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone,
Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was
altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20
years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results
of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was
going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade
and a happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
[1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
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Hi Tom, All,
Thank you for sharing such a great remembrance!
At about five years subscribed I'm a newcomer and certainly at early
stages of my time-nuttery journey, but none the less time-nuts remains
my favourite 'net mailing list for all the reasons you outline - the
exceptionally high SNR, fascinating discourse and just plain lovely
bunch of folk that are involved.
Thank you to Tom and all who keep it ticking over and to all that
contribute to the discussions.
The very best for 2021 and beyond
vy 73
Hugh
VK3YYZ/AD5RV
On 1/1/21 4:02 pm, Tom Van Baak wrote:
> Hello time nuts,
>
> Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because
> that means it's not 2020 anymore.
>
> One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now
> officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a
> note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the
> years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth,
> its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and
> especially, the community that evolved around the list.
>
> On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an
> adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest
> dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early
> interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might
> be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would
> fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep,
> interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6
> people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
>
> Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd
> like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate
> Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter
> (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004,
> 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook
> (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
>
> When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone,
> Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was
> altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20
> years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results
> of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was
> going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
>
> Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade
> and a happy new year to all of us.
>
> /tvb
>
> [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
>
> [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
>
>
>
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>
PR
Peter Reilley
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 11:00 AM
Congratulations!
Time nuts has been such a great place to be all theses years for me even
if the
information flow has been mostly one way. I have learned an enormous
amount.
Pete.
On 1/1/2021 12:02 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because
that means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now
officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a
note to say thank you to everyone for making it so amazing over the
years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth,
its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and
especially, the community that evolved around the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an
adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest
dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early
interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might
be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would
fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep,
interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6
people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd
like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate
Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter
(2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004,
2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook
(2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone,
Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was
altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20
years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results
of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was
going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade
and a happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
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[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
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Congratulations!
Time nuts has been such a great place to be all theses years for me even
if the
information flow has been mostly one way. I have learned an enormous
amount.
Pete.
On 1/1/2021 12:02 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
> Hello time nuts,
>
> Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because
> that means it's not 2020 anymore.
>
> One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now
> officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a
> note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the
> years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth,
> its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and
> especially, the community that evolved around the list.
>
> On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an
> adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest
> dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early
> interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might
> be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would
> fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep,
> interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6
> people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
>
> Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd
> like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate
> Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter
> (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004,
> 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook
> (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
>
> When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone,
> Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was
> altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20
> years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results
> of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was
> going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
>
> Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade
> and a happy new year to all of us.
>
> /tvb
>
> [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
>
> [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
>
>
>
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Poul-Henning Kamp
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 11:52 AM
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially
the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list.
...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than
like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-)
I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up
and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the
rest of the world caught up with precision timing.
Stay safe!
Poul-Henning
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phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
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--------
Tom Van Baak writes:
> One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially
> the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list.
...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than
like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-)
I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up
and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the
rest of the world caught up with precision timing.
Stay safe!
Poul-Henning
--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
AB
Azelio Boriani
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 12:47 PM
Thank you all and happy new year.
I joined this list in 2010, my first GPSDO was completed in 2001 when
working on DVB transmission equipment here in Italy, at that time
among the very first digital video modulators produced. Precise timing
was entering the digital video broadcast industry.
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:10 PM Poul-Henning Kamp phk@phk.freebsd.dk wrote:
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially
the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list.
...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than
like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-)
I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up
and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the
rest of the world caught up with precision timing.
Stay safe!
Poul-Henning
--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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Thank you all and happy new year.
I joined this list in 2010, my first GPSDO was completed in 2001 when
working on DVB transmission equipment here in Italy, at that time
among the very first digital video modulators produced. Precise timing
was entering the digital video broadcast industry.
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:10 PM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
>
> --------
> Tom Van Baak writes:
>
> > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially
> > the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list.
>
> ...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than
> like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-)
>
> I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up
> and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the
> rest of the world caught up with precision timing.
>
> Stay safe!
>
> Poul-Henning
>
> --
> Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
> FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
> Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
>
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BK
Bob kb8tq
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 1:56 PM
Hi
Indeed a very Happy New Year to all. Let’s hope that it is much happier than
2020 …
Thanks very much to Tom and John who put in an enormous amount of work
to keep this list running and the interesting place it is. Keep up the good work !!!
Bob
On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:02 AM, Tom Van Baak tvb@LeapSecond.com wrote:
Hello time nuts,
Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore.
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say thank you to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list.
On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us.
/tvb
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[2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
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Hi
Indeed a very Happy New Year to all. Let’s hope that it is *much* happier than
2020 …
Thanks very much to Tom and John who put in an enormous amount of work
to keep this list running and the interesting place it is. Keep up the good work !!!
Bob
> On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:02 AM, Tom Van Baak <tvb@LeapSecond.com> wrote:
>
> Hello time nuts,
>
> Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore.
>
> One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list.
>
> On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1]
>
> Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists.
>
> When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2]
>
> Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us.
>
> /tvb
>
> [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history
>
> [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/
>
>
>
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Brent
Fri, Jan 1, 2021 4:47 PM
I've learned a lot from this list and the community around it. Thanks to
all who have contributed!
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 8:01 AM Azelio Boriani azelio.boriani@gmail.com
wrote:
Thank you all and happy new year.
I joined this list in 2010, my first GPSDO was completed in 2001 when
working on DVB transmission equipment here in Italy, at that time
among the very first digital video modulators produced. Precise timing
was entering the digital video broadcast industry.
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:10 PM Poul-Henning Kamp phk@phk.freebsd.dk
wrote:
One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now
the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list.
...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than
like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-)
I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up
and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the
rest of the world caught up with precision timing.
Stay safe!
Poul-Henning
--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by
and follow the instructions there.
I've learned a lot from this list and the community around it. Thanks to
all who have contributed!
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 8:01 AM Azelio Boriani <azelio.boriani@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thank you all and happy new year.
> I joined this list in 2010, my first GPSDO was completed in 2001 when
> working on DVB transmission equipment here in Italy, at that time
> among the very first digital video modulators produced. Precise timing
> was entering the digital video broadcast industry.
>
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:10 PM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
> wrote:
> >
> > --------
> > Tom Van Baak writes:
> >
> > > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now
> officially
> > > the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list.
> >
> > ...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than
> > like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-)
> >
> > I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up
> > and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the
> > rest of the world caught up with precision timing.
> >
> > Stay safe!
> >
> > Poul-Henning
> >
> > --
> > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
> > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
> > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by
> incompetence.
> >
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